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--.. it' GfflEE mm SO'cloclt Probably snow to night. ...Not quite so cold tomorrow rTi G; EDITION Full Tele sr raphic Repor ts fttf hU n i ted Pre s Greenville, N. Monday Af1$ion;J3cember 311917; NmffiEI168ii VOLUME I. i s. -: - - V U r VS - M n"i M fcl i IVs I -: nY, .Ai I sK M - Earthquake Causes a Death TS$4. t,0 1 PEOPLE LITERALLY TO DEATH K FIERCE FIGHTING GOING ON I (By United Press) TOKIO, J APN Fierce fighting" is in progress at Irkustsk between the 5oisneveiKi nea uuaras and Cadet Cossack forces, according to dispatch es received by the Kokusai agensy from Harbin. The Bolsheveiki are reported to have murdered the French consular agent and two other French . . Mi - 1 "111 J T citizens. The town is in tiamesana to aaa xo tne terrors of fighting, there is an almost comnlete exhaustion of food supplies. The population is reported to be literally starving to death. The dispatches stated that the Maximalists are receiving reinforcements from Krasnoiur.sk. FOUR DEGREES BELOW ZERO HERE WSTFMIflV RnFFR FHP7FN (fllFR . I Greenvflle is now getting full benefit due to flying hot water. - . . , j Business is practically suspended, of the late snow and wind storm and " . v . - Folks are hushing fires and longing for the citizens are experiencing the cold- nmu f() predJcf est weather in many years. It began ni,)r onoonrai'uj,- in the weath- line, snowing here Saturday morning and Greenvide i ccld sure enough with contined all day. nntil Jong, in thepoj prospects ot its getting -whraaer. night. "With the snow came wind and the falling thermometer. Saturday n'ht hv Pun lav the mercury fell rapidly, eoin-r as low a four de-rees below zero, a circumstance which his not hapDned in this section for years. Last night there was not much chanw in the temperature. This morning the cit?7:ons were permitted to see Tar riv er frozen over, in fact the river is frozen all the way across from Green ville to below Washington. Several residents of the city had the misfortune to have their waferwjjjks apparatus to burst and at the homes-of Mrs. Dot Patrick. Dr. Chas. TTorne. Dr. Xobles and Mr. Hatem the boilers bursted and considerable damage was done. Mrs. Home was scalded badly AMERICA ME CAN RELIEVE ALLIED EIJFOPE'S FLIGHT SO FAR WHF1T S WEE COICERID WASHTNTON--Americans are eating their -1 "fe ' re?d urtil the over'ment millinr regulations, necessitated V" a world w'leat shortaore and poor crop prospects mear war hread early in nineteen eighteen. Th' last of our wheat surplus was shipped to the Al ues a montn ago. Recert cables show that Europe's plight is stil" etrpme. and that America alone can relieve it b; sacrifice. FOOD PROBbl IN GERMANG IS f"9!?E SEWS MN THOUGHT BY CAKL i.i i.P Stnff Correspondent) T- , T TrpQTermany g -n a worge p0gj c - -r-v f-od is concerned than this govern mrr aa -eiievea lor a ( t o-oi (ipp recentiv collected by the Amencar -v-jo-f. frrn reliable sources in touch witK f1 q qii -ryoleTns row show this conclusively ) pifoi-.o-v. to o-ovprrment is withholdiner the spe o:f: f qc; -nirtch of hunerer may be resnons1' T"7 :0 .,TOV,.-TVIO4. Vipc; TiPr Ipd "O beHevo fbpt f;l"o c,-ri ATTvowv bfs irnnovpr cmo ffl last harvest, but later it has been burned that this wasnotthecase, ' - STARVING IN IRKUSTSK: School Opening Been Postponed xn ncount of thn extreme cold Mfh r which hns struck Greenville, i! t1 o the horta?e of coal, the open ii of th? Greenville Public Schools has been postponed to January 8. Sup. " 'jpn'-nt Hov Taylor has notified "he f ach"rs livim: outside the ' anl v&o have been to their res-c.v-. homes spending the holidays, 'lv eect. Several oth?r towns in ' .i-fp- n rrolina have taken similar 'Ction. war is over. The ne' GKUAT, long time. ' , . j. . - ; GETTING OUT UIMBERR THE W0ff H.gW AMEH, ivJ cforDemofltl C3 Throughout the timber regloaa of the United States and -especially in the Southern pine regions strepuous efforts are being put forth to get oat the timber needed for the construction Jot wooden -ships to help combat the submarine blockade. The photograph was taken at one of tbe pine cajnpc At the? left Is one of the posters that have been pat up everywhere to nrge the ramber men to do thetr best. "-t i Cross Workers nccucu iui f Jin. A class in surgical dressings is to be formed at once. The gauze is ex. pected to arrive any day, and a certi- fied instructor will be here to conduct the class, which will neet twice a week. xnese aressmgs are very, mucn tn demand", and can only be made by those who have taken the prescribed course of instructions under a qualified uuie. At least twenty women are e.-JeJ to start this work. Mrs. C. L rter will assist the instructor and be 1 charge of this branch of the work, hose desiring to join the class are re-' iuted to notify Mrs. E. B. Ficklen t once. Great Attraction Here Wednesdar B autifuMy staged, admirably acted ncipably sung. "Tha B?auty Shop' h t hi hly EUCC3ssful musical comedy j erin? wh ch will be. the attraction i it Wh're's Theatre for Wednesday, 2nd f January, will ho doubt prove one of the season's most enjoyable, as well s profitable enTagements. Th.1 plav is by ('banning Pollock an 7 R-rmoM Wolf wi'h the music supplied by Phirle J, Geb?st, who also collar irate 1 with the former gentlemen ir (hp- contribution of "The Red Widow" and -My Best Girl." both of which enjoyed a lont and prpfitable career. The company numbers sixty people. manv of whom are well known lovers hh- c'acs of entertainment, while hv chorus' includes many of the pret faces familiar in metropolitan pro. nctiohs only. . , . ;. : rp PfOpBfty Tf3ilSICrS Only one deed has been recorded since 'ast repett : J.:1j. Gibson to H. A. Dudson, Chi "od7 Township. Consideration, $30,- yoo: -:' '- ' ' Marriage Licenses V Tlje foTJowTiig persons haTeTeceived ic?nse txj marry since last ireport : Neil 'Maultsby of Bladen ; county to Sdith Fowler, Greenville, white. Alfred Anderson to Ellen i Smith. Vmith, both of Greenville, white. Silas Moore, Greenville, to- Linnie "Tills. Chicod Township, colored. 1 I White's Theatre TOKtGHT Featuring Msrj Miles Minter "THE GREAT SECRET Bushman & Bajiie; EpvJr&liU 2 Ship Tampa" is; Now Hard and East (Br United Prcaa) ' WASHINGTON. The Argentine training ship, Pampa, is now hard and fast in a difficult spot off the Atlantic Coast. X The navy department aufirances mat tne - crew nxs oeen taken ofl but it is uncertain whether or not the vessel can be rescued. No mention has been made of the reported presence of th Agentine mission on board. A life saving station is now rendering all assistance possible. The ship has a displacement of 2,618 tons Have Adjourned for' Agreed (By United i ' - - AMSTERDAM. The BresjyLitovsk. ..aV f rom Vanceboro Thursday after- confereotf? adjoftrned temporarily -to- 'noon,-. -"- - - -lay with the further agreement look. . Mrs. G. H. Cox, after visiting a few ng toward a separate peace between days here, returned home Thursday. Russia and Germany, which is to be Miss Irene Mcl.awhorn returned 'UDmuiea lysine governments on uoin ses- The agreement stipulates thit Ru- ia would withdraw from the occupied portions of Anstro-Hunjpary, Turkey and Persia, provided the Central Pow ers did likewise and retired from Po 'and, Litbunia, Conrtland and nthr arts of Russia, thus granting the peo ple in these occupied sections an op portunity to decide their status. ANOTHER APPEAL We have to again appeal to the legal Advisory Board, its associates and the assistant laymen to render all the as sistance possible. In tbi severe, snowy weather, it is highly important that every registrant wno presents mm - self should be attended to on the day he appears. It would be a great hard- ship for anyone of them to return home because they could not get assistance to make out their paper The Legal Advisory Board and asso - elates will serve as follows : Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, 1918 : C. Harry Skinner, J. B. James, F. Harding, M. K. Blount and N. W. Out law. Tuesday Afternoon, January 1 : W. H. Long, C. C. Pierce, J L. Evanstden Thursdtfy. and" Julius Brown. Wednesday morning, January 2: F. G. James, S. J. Everett, D. M. Clark, F. M. Wooten. Wednesday evening, January 2 : Albion Dnnn, F. C. Harding and D. M. Clark. : Visitor Here. Lieut. R. W. Polack of Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, is the guest of Mr. Charlie James on Fifth street. Mr. Polack to well remembered In Green- ville as he was for several years in the employ of W. L. Best, the Jeweler. His numerous friends are delighted to1 again shake his hand. He expects to be here for a few days. This is to notify the members of the RedgCross that the work rooms will be LDeav4omorrow afternoon. All the i ben urged $o b,prs nt. i J A . . t r.nr, .; . -..-v- - - - - . . I I. BEETLING TO PARTICIPATE WASHINGTON. The Kaiser ha agreed that Chancellor Von Hertling -should part c'. pate in selecting the. rep nsontatives to the Brest-Litovsk peace conferu;c;, according to a dispatch T. C2jyej bjJhestat -denartowtcftOBrj11 PWM-ltoor? portioa-f '(f).'iih:i;:eli. "Tlii dlp;:tjh was dat imI December 2Cth and made publico day. This is the first step of tlvi recent move, even remotely, resembling- a stronger democratic representation in lh' German government. ThU move is regarded in Washington as most in sincere. Wintcrvfllc Items Mr u ml lire .1 Tl KffT T rpf Iim- from Greenville Wednesday, I Messrs. J. B. Carroll. W. M. Carroll, ' and W. H. Rouse left for Virginia laBt Thursday. ! Mr. and -Mrs. F. R. Mallard and children returned to Wilmington on Tlmrwla.V 'TiitSrti'ing. after spending a few days wirr'-relatives here. Mr??ti S' Srnrimereil and Mrs: Hugh McGowan'- returned from Kinston on : Wednesday afternoon: ; 1 Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Buck returned jfrom Pforida Wednesday night, i MIssfs I.eona Cox and Mrs. J. I. RolTihs went to' Hreenville Thursday. Miss Bedle McCaskey of rB3nstoo; and Mrs. J. D. McLa whom 7of Ayden, are-rhe fniet?svrif their parents; Mr; and Mrs. -J r McCaskey. 1 Mr. (;. j... Edwards returnee irom flobernvllle " Wednesday night. j Mr: 'BTn nellen returned to Camp 1 Sherman! -OhTo," Wednesday morning. j Messrs! A": 'cbx and Huhert fen- . kins J visited Greenville;. Wednesday. f" Misses '"Famile Lee Spier, Elizabeth 0faJk'Af TVt-rrin- Tqo Tt""hif dTioo H onrl f r I 'I'll- 1 IVT U. UV U land Mrs. O.'G. Buck visited Ayden on Thursday IhsV. Mr. Helrer McLawnoni visited Ayden Thursday. Mrs. C. E tTrlsp.' returned from -Ay. i Mr. J. S. ifoss Of Ayden was here ! Thursday. The death angel visited the borne of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ange We.1neaJay afternoon and took iway their little dauehTer Gladys. Hert I IT t 111 1 WH I lldUCULAa death was a shock, as she was appar: entiy as weii as usual until about half an hour before her. death. The roawd familv has the svmpathy of the (entire community. we are glad to report that Mrs. R.Jghortlv g-Q fA Fran Cefor W. Crcm improving. She has beeuj W 1(111 IUI confined to" her room several days with diphtheria. ' Misses Nannie and Margaret Law. rence and Annie Bernard Benson, were the guests of Miss Vera 'Tucker Thurs- day night. FOR SALE-2 7ee Resident Lots In the town of -Greenvme. ; see a, w Whitehutst.-12-314C gfC tiieMlt'bfan-e afcjatial'CiiV 5 jPlmate: wfttrriished ,te Statl e-J parlftkj Central andoutli American Tlegraph'C 1 v ; . , & 'iTheinanager at San; Jose, under date of Dec- ; , emter 30th, stated that he hadJust returned front the .capital where heeundorty per, cent of thet: mouses demolished andthers urimhabited. He said that the public buildings were wrecked an& ina,T. mucn Qiiineegion and San Jose on the Pacific ocean, for a distance - - uj. i mnes, naa Deen aeyastatea. I7ASHINGT0N VISITED BV BIG BLAZE YESTERDAY W Washlngtoti, N. was visited by a large jf; yesterday morning and had the "wind fceen In any ofher direction, .A the business section would now be in asheae Between four and five o'clock the alarm was turned in, the blaze being discovered in the offices of the Pamlico Chemical Company, located on West Maui street fronting the Atlantic Coast Line depot. By the time the sleepy and shivering citizens reached the scene the entire building, including the offices and warehouse, was afire and was burned to the water's edge. The roof covering the A. C. L. water warehouse was burned-and quite a number of bales of cotton. A ware- bouse containing hay, owned by Jona- than Havens, was also burned. Dr. John Williams of Everetts, N. C. whose new automobile was stored in the Chemical warehouse, was destroyed, while Dr. D. T. Tayloe lost about $2,- PASSENGER AND ARE RUNNING Trains are running nnder schedules all their own now and a passenger nev er knows-when the train he detdres to Cake z going to arrive or when she wffl leave. Every fellow has to sim ply trust to luck and reach his desti nation when he can. This state of affairs has been in vogue since Saturday and is liable to continue for some days to come. The rpfirtera rtt thin ntiwr Mn cftln stmo J idea of, how trains are running when they are informed that two passenger trains on the Norfolk Southern, one due to arrive in Greenvi; at 4:01 p. m., and the one due it C 2 p. were SERIOUS REPLY BE MADE PEACE TERMS OF TEUTONS BY ALLIES . (By UrJted Press) LONDON. The Allies intend .to seriously re ply to the Teutonic peace terms. TKis has just been announced f rom - vci uo nuuiuiauuu xjuki.iil0.ijik:. It is reported that Premier JJoyd jGeorge will ! WltH Jrremier LiemeTlCeaU matter ,f s The Premier's latest on the subject of the war aims of the Allies was that there would be no re- cfofomont vf fVio "RtiHsVi fprmc ovponf o-ff ov o -Pnll Consultation With all the ,that hlS COlitemDlatedtriD IO PaHS tnaV be f 0 1 the purpose ofr obtalnlng, the urpose orrObtalnlng, tne Press) oetween uuatamaia .Citv4- ft," , 000 worth o$ cotton. The loss will reach at least. S50.000 and may go beyond this:ajm3tni'3i$V sxrucxnre wm ne jceDHUt at :ce-.Bdj- ---i hr airproDablnfy will be composed of brick. Several stores on Main street suffered by having the plate glass win. dows to break. ( it was the largest fire to visit Wash- ington in some time. Britain's Losses the Lowest Yet (By United Press) LONDON. Great Britain's casnaS ties for the month of December the lowest; that have been reported since August. This is according to a com- pilation made today. The month's list shows that 80,034 officers and men have been killed, wounded or missing during the past month. FREIGHT TRAINS BEHIND SGHEDUL several hours late yesterday afternoon and night. The train due here at 1 :01 this morning from Raleigh arrived i o clock and the 9 :45 train came la just after noon. The engine of" No. . t broke one of Its br&ke rods near Simp son while No. IS got dut-of water witft't$? only 40 pounds of steam. Due to this the-train was delayed nearly three hours. The Atlantic Coast Line train, which is scheduled to arrive. in Greenville at .... 6:30 from Wei do ii was behind time last night to the tane of five hours dneT a to a derailment near Hobgood. Freight trams are also running far from their - J, schedule time. r Brest-Litovsk, according- to the U4-1U1 the DUmOSe oflcon f Pm'n Cr UitJ pUipUbC gCOniemng- apparently Oil tile Same Allies. It iS-,pointed OUt" - views of other Allies. views oi,other Ailies. ; - A V VAT. -1 ' 4 - 3 A - t , 5.... v.-
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